Interim Product Design Lead (16 months)

💙 Sellpy’s vision is to empower everyone to live circularly. We see a tremendous financial, social and environmental value in making sure unused items are put to use again. We are looking for colleagues who share this vision, and are eager to see their work contribute to a sustainable future.

Interim Product Design Lead at Sellpy

In short, you will

• Lead and inspire a team of four skilled UX and UI designers
• Get hands-on by contributing directly to daily design work
• Own and evolve Sellpy’s design system to ensure consistency and an effective way of working
• Mentor and support designers, helping them grow through coaching and guidance
• Improve design processes to increase productivity
• Plan and prioritize design work effectively
• Ensure excellent collaboration and communication between the product design team and the rest of Sellpy—fostering transparency, shared understanding, and effective teamwork across functions
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver seamless, enjoyable and impactful user experiences
• Influence product direction by aligning user and business needs and contributing to strategic planning, roadmaps, and prioritization
• Grow awareness and understanding of design’s impact across the organization
• Recruit future design talent by participating in hiring processes and onboarding new team members

Requirements

Education & Experience

• 4-5 years of UX design experience in building software products especially customer facing, B2C products like ecommerce
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a love for UX challenges
• Have experience in working with cross-functional teams in iterative product development cycles
• A passion for great leadership and seeing team members grow!
• B.S or M.S. degree in Engineering, Design or a related field
• Written and spoken fluency in English

Skills

• Expertise in user-centered design and design thinking methodologies, from problem discovery to solution delivery
• Experience with conducting user research, facilitating ideation, creating prototypes and designs, running user tests, and extracting actionable insights to inform product decisions
• Experience working with Figma (our primary design tool at Sellpy)
• Experience working with design systems
• Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2)
• Able to assess the trade-offs between design impact and implementation effort to deliver high-value outcomes efficiently

You bring strong empathy, communication, and collaboration skills, enabling you to lead and work effectively with cross-functional teams. You plan and prioritize design work with a strategic view, guide and inspire others, and foster a positive team culture. As a clear communicator, you advocate for design decisions, bridge the needs of design, development, business, and users. You are a team player with strong leadership skills and have the ability to work without ego. At Sellpy we are all friends and we care for each other.

We’d be impressed if you have

• Worked in a fast-growing, product-focused startup environment
• Background in re-commerce, e-commerce, or a related digital product domain
• Experience in hiring, scaling and leading a team of designers

You get to

• Be part of a tech-minded company that's driving the change towards a sustainable lifestyle. In return, you will get direction, energy, and work on meaningful challenges daily
• Benefit from hybrid work from our offices at Medborgarplatsen, Rosersberg, and from home
• Work with highly skilled and motivated colleagues
• Gain new skills with unlimited access to a learning platform
• Make use of prepaid vacation
• Enjoy Sellpy credits and staff discounts at Sellpy and the H&M brands (Arket, COS, Other Stories, Weekday and more)
• Save up with a monthly pension plan
• Engagement in Sellpy’s social traditions with game nights, interactive planning days, guest speakers and other activities

Location

You are welcome to do all these things at our new office at Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm, and from home.

Form of employment: Full-time, temporary

Start: 1st October or 1st November

End: 1st March 2027

Ready to make an impact? Send in your application today — we’re excited to hear from you! 💙